Problem
Undocumented violations of human rights
Other Names:
Undocumented war crimesUndocumented massacres
Undocumented torture
Incidence:
Aside from the obvious difficulty in documenting violations in the field (and notably in conflicts such as Bosnia), other pressures on international meetings to which any such documents may be presented may prevent the proceedings of such meetings from being recorded in written form. In October 1993 it was announced that because of financial pressures on the United Nations summary records could not be made of the proceedings of the Human Rights committee, thus depriving the meetings of any archival mechanism and preventing any spotlight from being cast on the activities of governments in violation of human rights conventions. Broader Problems:
Unreported crimesDenial of human rightsDisastrous consequences of warFalsification of public records Narrower Problems:
Rape by military personnel Related Problems:
Massacres Strategies:
Monitoring human rights violationsEducating about human rightsDocumenting tortureInvestigating war crimesStrengthening implementation of human rightsInforming about human rights issuesInvestigating mass-murderExposing violations of human rights Subject(s):
Societal Problems → CrimeSocietal Problems → Maltreatment
Defence → War
Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems Date of last update
02.04.1999 – 00:00 CEST